His direct gaze demanded the truth from her, and she gave it in a roundabout manner.

Alas, Conan could not see how they would reach the castle before dark, traveling in such a roundabout manner.

The solution came in a roundabout manner, from a completely different area of mathematics.

Decatur came to love the sea and sailing in a roundabout manner.

When he did reply, it was in a rather roundabout manner.

Her mother had spoken to her, in a roundabout manner perhaps, but the magic had been worked.

She pursued her object in a more roundabout manner.

But that was necessary and was eventually done, in a roundabout manner.

So the put-down of the double may have accomplished its purpose in a roundabout manner.

"Starfleet, though, may be confused by the roundabout manner in which you are pro-ceeding."